Question

Directions: Select the person who you agree with the most and explain why you believe they are correct.

Four students were discussing how polluted runoff occurs in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Tony said “I think it comes from oil spills and toxic waste being dumped by companies.”

Anna said “that it is created by air pollution from factories and cars and falls to earth as acid rain.”

Tiffany commented “I heard it is created when there are too many nutrients carried in the stormwater.”

Simon thought “runoff brings dirt and mud into the water and makes it hard for the fish to breathe.”

Answer 1

I'll support Tiffany's comment that “I heard it is created when there are too many nutrients carried in the stormwater.”

Step-by-step explanation:

This is due to large amount of nutrients been carried by storm water into the water as a result of animal and plant farming activities and dumping of nutrients rich waste in and around the bay, the runoff and pollution have many components that help contribute to the algal bloom, which is mainly fed by phosphorus and nitrogen. When alive, the algae prevents sunlight from reaching the bottom of the Bay, when they die and rot, they deoxygenates the Bay's water. This makes it hard for the water's plant and animal live to survive.